• DocumentCode
    818286
  • Title

    Limitations of the describing function method

  • Author

    Kou, S.Y. ; Han, K.W.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Corporation
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1975
  • fDate
    4/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    291
  • Lastpage
    292
  • Abstract
    The limitations of the describing function method (linearization method) for nonlinear system stability analysis are considered. An example proposed by Dewey to illustrate the erroneous result due to the misuse of describing function method is considered.
  • Keywords
    Describing functions; Nonlinear systems, continuous-time; Stability; Analog computers; Computational modeling; Control systems; Controllability; Differential equations; Fourier series; Limit-cycles; Linear systems; Time varying systems; Transfer functions;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9286
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAC.1975.1100922
  • Filename
    1100922
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=818286